Woodward Gallery is proud to present:
Cristina Vergano: Figure of Speech
September 14th - November 4th 2006
Cristina Vergano depicts an intriguing world where beautiful, soulful creatures, both human and animal, inhabit pastoral landscapes or rich interiors. How they have arrived at these places, she gives no indication, only implying in their serene demeanors that they now exist there, as in the classical tradition, solid and firmly planted for all time.
In "Figure of Speech" Vergano introduces rebuses, word puzzles, into her paintings, adding another tantalizing layer of meaning to works already dense with allusions. Letters of the alphabet dance across a visage or balance on foliage forming words that create statements or pose compelling questions.
Gazing directly at viewers from their richly symbolic surroundings, Vergano’s subjects invite us to study them as we would ancient scriptures or relics from lost civilizations, hoping to discover life’s meaning in their beguiling countenances and the words integrated into their portraits. Strikingly open, she lays bare her heart in these works, in a sense all self-portraits, while also displaying her vast knowledge of history and myth more obviously now than ever before.
Please join us for the opening reception on Thursday, September 14th, 6-8 pm. Artist Cristina Vergano will be in attendance.
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